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Ice crystals, from an overnight storm, are seen melting Wednesday on crocus in a garden in Hallowell. National Weather Service forecast calls for high temperatures in the 50s through Sunday. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Signs of spring, State House & Colonial Theater improvements focus of week in photos
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from April 3-9, 2026.
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Reyna Wehry, 5, zooms past her mother, Jen Wehry, while riding a scooter Monday in the driveway of their home in Oakland. Reyna and her sister, Willow, 3, have been busy riding scooters, caring for their chickens, getting muddy in the stream that runs through their backyard and raking their yard, said their mom. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSenate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, pounds the gavel after a vote during the morning Senate session Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSpeaker of the House Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, hands a bill to the House clerk after a vote during a morning Senate session Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMembers of York’s math team focus with other competitors Tuesday during the second round of relays at the Maine State Math Meet at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imagePeople walk along an allée of trees Wednesday in Capital Park in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageIce crystals, from an overnight storm, are seen melting Wednesday on crocus in a garden in Hallowell. National Weather Service forecast calls for high temperatures in the 50s through Sunday. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageRep. David Boyer, R-Poland, speak during a protest April 2 in the plaza between the Cross State Office Building and the Maine State House in Augusta. After the rally many participants went into the capital building to lobby representatives to vote against LD 1847 “An Act to Institute Testing and Tracking of Medical Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products Similar to Adult Use Cannabis and Cannabis Products, Dedicate a Portion of the Adult Use Cannabis Sales and Excise Tax to Medical Use Cannabis Programs and Create a Study Group.” (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA crane swings another floor section of the new addition into place April 9 as workers from JF Scott Construction continue working on stage improvements at Colonial Theater in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...
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Anna is a 2023 graduate of Thomas College in Waterville where she received her Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in marketing...
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Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...
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